Comments on: Another Weekend, Another Noise Ordinance Arrest

By: Tim Thraeryn

Tim Thraeryn — Tue, 19 Jun 2026 20:18:37 +0000

Holy cow.

Woman hosts fun birthday party at home on a Saturday night. Cops arrive, say it’s too noisy. Woman complies with requests to tone it down, moves party indoors. Cops return, woman ends up jailed overnight on spurious charges.

Story is reported.

“Adults” crawl out of the woodwork like roaches who find an unguarded steak, each clamoring to tell other adults that having noisy fun on a weekend night in your home is JUST PLAIN WRONG! “Why,” they say, “should I have to listen to you and your friends enjoy yourselves when I have an office job to attend bright and early Sunday morning? If you’re not playing a particularly sedate game of Scrabble by 11:30, I have every right to call the police!”

I bash my head against something hard and unyielding for a few moments.

By: Police abuse their authority? | On the Mark

Police abuse their authority? | On the Mark — Fri, 15 Jun 2026 09:27:22 +0000

[...] see by Radley Balko that: Houston has a noise ordinance that leaves what is and isn’t a lawful level of noise completely to the discretion of police [...]

By: WBG

WBG — Fri, 15 Jun 2026 00:38:40 +0000

Your rights end where mine begin. And vice versa. That is the way our country was founded. But that was also back in a time where property rights were still in effect (King of my Castle) and people lived miles away from each other, not stacked on top of each other. So if you want to have your music loud then sound proof your house from leaking outdoors and blow your ear drums out. But once you keep me from sleeping then that is not cool. What if your loud music costs me a new job because your loud music kept me up all night? What if it causes me to get in an car accident because I can’t keep my eyes open the next morning. Your actions have effects on others. While I disagree with the new sound ordinance, I think that people should have respect for their neighbors. After all, we all have the right to live where we want to live. Vett your neighbors if you plan on throwing large parties all the time with loud music. After all take some responsibility for your own actions.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Thu, 14 Jun 2026 17:22:17 +0000

Law Enforcement is the largest criminal class in the United States. The safest bet is to try to avoid them at all cost (it may even save your life) but that’s almost impossible.

By: Morning Links | The Agitator

Morning Links | The Agitator — Thu, 14 Jun 2026 15:24:50 +0000

[...] Houston has a noise ordinance that leaves what is and isn’t a lawful level of noise completely to the discretion of police officers. Shockingly, there’s some evidence that some officers might be abusing their noise-assessing authority. Digg it | reddit | del.icio.us | Fark [...]

By: Abused neighbor

Abused neighbor — Thu, 14 Jun 2026 03:56:45 +0000

Sounds like she asked for it. All you need is to have one really habitually noisy neighbor to appreciate HPD on this one.

By: Cwize

Cwize — Thu, 14 Jun 2026 03:43:01 +0000

JoeyP,
The ordinance worked for you, congratulations. The problem is, no measurable data is collected to prove any dB level in violation of said ordinance. Whether or not police are “abusing authority” is just a by-product of a horribly written law. It has to be changed. You are correct that we’ll never know the full story because no proof of any violation was recorded. It’s arbitrary, and it’s ruining livelihoods, and certainly this lady’s birthday – how would you like to spend the night in jail just because a cop decided he wanted to throw you in? The charges were thrown out, but this lady has suffered the humiliation and trauma of a night in the slammer for no reason other than an officer’s mood at the moment. That ain’t how law enforcement is supposed to work outside of rural Louisiana.

By: sean

sean — Thu, 14 Jun 2026 03:37:12 +0000

@ Joey P.

I guess we know why you\’re never invited to the party!
Jealous much? Whiney baby!!

Instead of complaining, just go join the party, if you\’re not a complete dick, they would probably love to have you!

on the other hand, you are the guy that calls the cops because you can\’t hear american idol

By: brian

brian — Thu, 14 Jun 2026 02:37:19 +0000

I have a job and it requires me to be alert and functional very early in the morning. Im a nurse and do you really want me, or even worse, a doctor that might live down the street from you, to be drowsy or cranky when making important medical decisions on your friend or family just because you wanted to listen to dubstep all night? Turn it down and let grown folks sleep.

By: MayorOfMontrose

MayorOfMontrose — Thu, 14 Jun 2026 00:57:27 +0000

While I agree that you only hear one side of the story here, if you have been paying attention to things that happen outside of your own street or neighborhood, you would know that her story lines up extremely well with the MANY other incidences involving the HPD enforcement of the new sound ordinance. People are literally being arrested on their fist encounter/visit from the HPD. I am thankful you have not had that happen to you but it HAS happened and I assure you that those people who have had their liberty stripped from them without warning believe that the new ordinance is NOT working how it SHOULD be. Your mileage may vary.